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Cook the bengal gram dal to five whistles. The cooked dal should be soft yet retain it's shape.
In a thick bottomed kadai boil 2 cups of water.
Add jaggery and let it melt.
Keep stirring and boiling until the jaggery is dissolved completely and it gets syrupy consistency. It should not become one string consistency but just a syrup.
Add the cooked bengal gram dal into this syrup, cover it and cook it until the lentils soak up all the syrup and thickens. Make sure you do not mash the lentils too much. The dal should be very soft, syrupy but hold some of their shape.
See that the hayagreeva remains runny like idli better.
Switch off the heat.
In another pan heat a tablespoon of ghee.
To this add cashews and almond pieces, grated coconut, poppy seeds and fry till they become aromatic.
Switch off the heat and add raisins or kishmish.
Now add these roasted dry fruits to the hayagreeva.
